Monstrosity: The Human Monster in Visual Culture
Author:   Alexa Wright
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781780763361


Pages:   226
Publication Date:   12 June 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Alexa Wright
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.391kg
ISBN:  

9781780763361


ISBN 10:   1780763360
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   12 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Monstrous Strangers at the Edge of the World: The Monstrous Races 2 Beyond the Boundaries of Society: Wild People and Feral Children 3 Bodies and the Order of Society: The Greek Ideal, the Monster of Ravenna and Physiognomy 4 Monsters in Proximity: Freaks and the Spectacle of Abnormal 5 A Monstrous Subject: Representations of Joseph Merrick, the 'Elephant Man' 6 Monstrous Images of Evil: Picturing Jack the Ripper and Myra Hindley 7 Modern Monsters and the Image of Normality: Ted Bundy and Anders Breivik Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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Alexa Wright is Reader in Visual Culture at the University of Westminster. She is also a practicing artist who works with video, sound and interactive digital media

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